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08-04-2011, 02:27 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Bubba Smith, we hardly knew ye...
Legendary NFL defender Bubba Smith passes away at age 66
By Doug Farrar  Former NFL defensive end and longtime television and movie actor Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday. Coroner's reports have not yet been released, but according to the Los Angeles Times, it is believed that Smith died of natural causes. Smith attended Michigan State, where he was one of the most dominant collegiate defensive linemen of all time. He won All-America honors in 1965 and 1966, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. Selected first overall in the 1967 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts, Smith soon became, along with Deacon Jones, one of the first truly modern-style pass-rushers and sack artists. He played long before sacks were first tabulated as an official NFL statistic in 1982, but he was known from the start of his professional career to be nearly impossible to block. He played for three teams — the Colts, Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers, appeared in two Pro Bowls and was named First-Team All-Pro in 1971. Smith played in two Super Bowls — Super Bowl III, which the Colts lost to the New York Jets in an enormous upset, and Super Bowl V, which the Colts won with a last-second field goal against the Dallas Cowboys. Smith retired after the 1976 season, having played in 111 regular-season games. After his football career ended, Smith became perhaps even more well-known as an actor. He struck gold in the "Police Academy" series of movies, playing the hyper-strong Moses Hightower and providing a series of riotous slapstick scenes.
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08-04-2011, 10:29 AM
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RIP Hightower. I knew you as an actor better than I did as a football player.
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08-04-2011, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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He was awesome in the Miller Lite commercials too.
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08-04-2011, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Sad news, Bubba Smith was an all-time great for any Spartans fan (and always a fun bit of trivia whenever I watched Police Academy).
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08-04-2011, 07:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Wow.
RIP buddy. Like most of us we knew ya as a actor. |
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08-04-2011, 08:58 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Madison, WI
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He was always a great interview for NFL Films, too.
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08-04-2011, 09:02 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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Police Academy is due for a re-boot. I know Steve Gutenberg has been trying to produce Police Academy 8 for years (and was still at it fairly recently, according to my quick internet search), but I think it's a little too late for that.
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